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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple //e via LC - Hardware?
Message-ID: <1991May30.095502.2949@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 30 May 91 09:55:02 GMT
References: <13740@goofy.Apple.COM>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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fuhrman@apple.com (Cris Fuhrman) writes:

>Is anyone in the process of developing a product
>for supporting Apple // hardware via the LC?  I agree it's
>pretty esoteric, but I have to ask.  It sounds like the
>perfect product for a third party to develop.  For example
>imagine a box with expansion slots for Apple // cards.

Don't hold your breath. The LC only has one slot, and even if it had others
the card does not provide enough access to the 6502 bus -- you sort of have
to make sacrifices when you want something that will run copy-protected DOS
3.3 software and cost less than $200.

Better to just keep the original //e, buy a Classic, and put an AppleTalk
card in the //e so it can use the Classic's HD. It's cheaper and is also
more productive.

Be glad the //e card is as compatible as it is. I for one would rather see
Apple give the //c+ a redesign similar in philosophy to the Mac Classic and
sell that to schools for cheap. The LC and the GS are not as cheap as the
Classic and the //e, and with the recession on what do YOU think most schools
are actually buying?

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu